freakish
/ˈfɹiːkɪʃ/adjective
freakish is spelled F-R-E-A-K-I-S-H: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, freakish means “Resembling a freak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in freakish?
| Letters | 8: F-R-E-A-K-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is freakish?
Freakish appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce freakish?
- /ˈfɹiːkɪʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-freakish.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of freakish
- more freakish comparative
- most freakish superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does freakish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resembling a freak.
- 2
Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.
It was a realy freakish accident that claimed many lives.
- 3
Capricious, unpredictable.
What freakish weather we are having lately in these parts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Freakish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense resembling a freak:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | freakig |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does freakish come from?
From freak + -ish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).